Wire-hoisting-bridle.



M. V. B. RULAND.

WIRE HOISTING BRIDLE.

APPLIGATION FILED 1330.9, 1912.

Patented June 3, 1913.

- INVENTOH ATTORNEYS WIT/VESSES D @W d2 MARTIN V. B; BULAND, OFQ'BROOKLYN, NEW YORK-j. i

WIRE HOISTING-BBIDLE.

l i Specication of Letters Patent.

e Patented June 3, 1913.

.. Appncaan mea December 9', 1912. serial no. 735,596.

To all fui/1.0m it may concern Be it known that I, llVIaR'rIN V. B. RULAND, a citizen of the Umted States, and

i resident of the borough of Brooll n'-, oo u'nty of Kings, and State ofl New e ork, have made a certain new and useful Invention looselyY mountedon said slings and fasten- Relating to ll ire Hoisting-Bridles, of which the following is a specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms part of the saine.

This invention relates especially to Wire rope hoisting devices or bridles which may comprise a vrigid support ring havlng one or more `Wire rope gromet slings permanently connected t.lie'reto, running connections ing devices ceperating with said running connections and with the free ends of said slings to pass around and grip the load and tighten Ithereon under hoisting conditions. Inthe accompanying drawing showing in a vsomewhat diagrammatic Way several illustrativeembodiments of this invent-ion, Figs ureisan elevation of one form; and Fig; 2 is'fapartial elevationshowfi'ifg another arrangement. l 'i These hoisting devices or bridles preferably comprise wire rope slings and to secure still greater reliability the Wire rope elements are preferably in the .form of grom-V v etse'each formed as by unlayi'ng or untvvisting adori' r strands, an then t-akingone of these strands and forming a ring or loop of its middle portion and twisting or laying its ends around this entire loop six times or so and tueling in the vends of the strand; so as to s'till'ffurther minimize spliced or other C011-, necfibiis. ,The bridle may if desired comprise a 'suitable support adapted to coperl at'ewith 'the hoisting device' such as the usual hoisting block hook 2 and this support may be in the'form of a substantially rigid ring 3 so as to be readily attached to the hook o r disconnected therefrom. The hoistingv device may comprise one or more. wire rope slings which may` if desired be permanently connected to the support, so that' theslings may detachably engage the load sind firmly hold it during the hoisting operation.

sling 22 for instance having'the tvvo gromet members, 7 held side by side at either end as by "sei'zing, lacing or vthe likeso as to form a loop 18 which is preferablp provided with wirerope into .its separate.

l These slings, such, as 22,. .23A may 'be formed of wire rope gromets, they ia suitable reinfercing thimble 4 of heavy @cast steel or other suitable material and ipreferably provided with the securing,- lmembers o r lugs 5 thereon to embrace the adjacent wire loop. These slings may be :provided With any desired fastening device to detachably connect them to the load and thegfastening .device preferably comprises a suitable running connection loosely mount- ;the load under hoisting conditions and more securely grip the same. Znection may be in the form of a Wire rope ,gromet 9 looped around the sling 22 for Iifnstance so as to be permanently mounted thereon., The running connection may be `provided With a reinforcing or lining thim-` ble 8 preferably of soft steel or other mart'e'rial to minimize Wear on the sling which may be held as by aseizing 10 adjacent the zloop. The fastening device which preferably coperates with the running connection Aand with a, fastening member or loop, one or more of Which may be formed on the -sling adjacent its, freeI end for ',instance.

may be in Athe form of a fastener or hooklQ having its eye 13 permanently connected Vto the running connection 9 by being engaged by the-loopv therein. which' may be formed with the reinforcing thimble 11, the hook being preferably so arranged as to have the point 14 of the hook normally extending uping hook is thus in lposition to be readily hooked into the terminalfastening or eye 17 which may be formed atthe endr of the seizing 16. Inithis way the bridle may be .very readily applied to a load by passing the end of each sling around the load 1 of I-beams for instance and hookingthe terminal loop over the upstanding hook on the running connection. sling thus has a sli-p noose grip on the load ed on the sling to automaticallytighten on' sling and provided with a thimble 15 andy Each Wire rope.

preferably at considerably separated pointsV The running conward as the bridle is.used. This upstand- The fastening device may in some cases as indicated in Fig. 2 comprise a fastener or hook 19 having its eye 21 permanently secured to the fastening member or loop 17 at the end of the sling so as to have its end 20 5 hooked into a loop on the running connection 9 and secure an automatically tightening grip on the 1oad in a similar manner This invention has been described in connection with a number 'of illustrative emw, bodiments, forms, proportions, materials, arrangements andy numbers of parts, to the detailsy of which disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited, since what is claimed as new and what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim- 1. The hoisting bridle comprising a rigid ring support, two wire rope gromet slings permanent-ly connected to said support by vintegral loops formed in said slings, reinforcing thimbles in said loops and provided port, a plurallty of Wire rope slings permanently connected to said support, a wire rope running connection loosely mounted on 'each of said slings and looped 1sling and a fastening device coperating with and ruiming connection and with the reinforcing thimble and a fastening device with gripping lugs engaging the adjacent wire of the loops, a running connection loosely mounted on each of said slings and comprising a wire rope gromet looped around said sling and provided with a soft metal coperating with said running connection and with the free end of said sling and said running connection to have its hooked end upstanding and coperate with a terminal lfastening loop on the sling provided with a reinforcing thimble.

2. The hoisting bridle comprising a ring support, two wire rope gromet slings permanently connected to said support by integral loops formed in said slings, a running con- 40 nection loosely mounted o n each of said slings and comprising a wire rope gromet nection and with the free end of' said sling and comprising a hook permanently secured to said running connect-ion t-o have its hooked end upstanding and coperate with a terminal fastening loop on the sling provided with a reinforcing thimble. 3. The hoisting bridle comprising a support, two wire rope gromet slings perinaloops formed in said slings, a running connection loosely mounted on each of said slings and comprising a wire rope gromet looped around said sling and a fastening device cooperating with said running connection and with the free end of said sling and comprising a hook permanently secured to said runnlng connection to have its hooked end coperate with a fastening on the sling. v

4. The hoisting bridle comprising a sup-- port, two wire rope gromet slings permanently connected to said support by integral gromet looped aroun lvided with a thimble and a fastening device :coperating with said runnin fand with the free end of said sling and comprising a hook permanently secured to said running connection to have its hooked end tupstanding and coperate with a terminal port, a plurality of wire rope gromet slings permanently connected to said support by integral loops formed in said slings, a wire rope running connection loosely mounted on each of said slin and comprising a d said Sling and proconnection fastening loop on the sling.

6. The hoist-ing bridle comprising a sup- 86 around said 90 free end of said sling and comprising a 4hook permanently secured to said running connection. comprising a hook permanently secured to is 7. The hoisting bridle comprising a support, a plurality of wire rope slings perma- :nently connected to said support, a runnin connection loosely mounted on each of sai =slings and a fastening device cooperating fwith said running connection and with the freeend of said sling and permanently se cured to said running connection.

8. The hoisting bridle comprising .a wire frope gromet sling formed with an integral loop formed in said sling and a reinforclooped around said sling and a fastening i device coperating with said running coning thimble in said loop, a running connection loosely mounted on said sling and comprising a wire rope gromet looped around said sling and a fastening device coperating with said runnin connection and with the free end of said s ing and comprising a hook permanently secured to said running connection to have its hooked end normally upstanding and coperate with a terminal fastening loop on said sling.

` nently connected to said support by integral 9. The hoisting bridle comprising a wire rope sling, a running connection loosely mounted on said sling and a fastening device coperating with said running connection and with the free end of said sling and comprising a hook permanently secured to said running connection to coperate with a terminal fastening loop on said sling.

10. The detachable hoisting device comprising a wire rope gromet sling and a fastening device comprising a hook permanently connected to said sling and comprising a loose running connection coperating with said sling to form an automatically 13;)

tightening gripping loop in said sling under hoisting conditions.

11. The hoisting device comprising a wire rope gromet sling and a detachable fastening device permanently connected to said sling to form an .automatically tightening gripping loop in said sling under hoisting conditions.

12. The hoisting device comprising a Wire rope gromt-t sling formed with an lntegral loop 1n said sling, a running connection loosely mounted on said sling and compris` ing a Wire rope gromet looped around said sling and a fastening device coperating With said running connection and With said sling.

13. The hoisting device comprising a support, a plurality of gromet wire rope slings permanently connected to said support', a running connection loosely mounted on each of said slings and a detachable fastening device cooperating Withsaid running connection and with the free end of said sling.

14. The hoisting device comprising a sup` port, a plurality of gromet wire rope slings permanently connected to said support, a running connection loosely mounted on each ning connection and with the free end of said' sling.

15. The hoisting device comprising a Wire rope sling-and a detachable fastening device comprising a hook permanently connected to said sling and comprising a Wire rope gromet looped around said sling and forming a running connection coperating With said sling `to constitute an automatically tightening gripping loop in said sling under hoisting conditions.

16. The hoisting device comprising a Wire rope sling and a detachable fastening device comprising a hook permanently connected to said sling and comprising a running connection coperating with said sling to constitute an automatically tightening gripping loop in said sling under hoisting conditions.

MARTIN v. B. RULAND.

Witnesses: ,A

HARRY L. DUNCAN, JEssrE B. KAY. 

